
Lawsuit Threatened if SAISD Fails to OK Minority Voting Plan
The San Angelo Independent School District has been promised a complaint with the U.S. Department of Justice by a group of local citizens if the board of trustees does not approve a redistricting plan that creates a second Hispanic voting district. “We are prepared to go the distance with it, if it means three months or three years,” Jessie Martinez told trustees at a public hearing Tuesday. Martinez and four others — Elma Jacques, J.B. Hall, Robert Pace and Daniel Cardenas —